The document summarizes a major earthquake and tsunami that struck Lima, Peru in 1746. It describes how the earthquake lasted 3-4 minutes and destroyed the city, leaving only 25 houses standing. It is estimated that half of the city's 60,000 inhabitants died in the disaster. The document also provides information about the endangered Andean Mountain Cat, a small wild cat native to the high Andes of Peru. It is classified as endangered with fewer than 2,500 individuals remaining in the wild. Threats to the cat include hunting and loss of habitat.

1. DISASTER AND
ENDANGERED
ANIMAL IN
PERÚ

2. Lima is the capital of the
Republic of Peru.
It is located on the central coast
of the country, on the shores of
the Pacific Ocean
Had more than 8 500 000
habitants

3. WHAT HAPPENED IN 1746 IN LIMA?
The earthquake and tsunami of Lima occurred on October 28, 1746 on the central coast of Peru.
The earthquake lasted between 3 and 4 minutes that Lima disappeared. Only 25 houses were left standing.
In this epoc Lima has 60,000 habitans and had 3.000 houses
The earthquake was more than 8.6 degrees. in the scale of Ritchter
Apparently half of population died

4. ENDANGERED
ANIMAL

5. Andean Mountain Cat
-The ANDEAN MOUNTAIN CAT is a small race will cat native to
lives in the high Andes that has been classified as endangered by
IUCN because fewer than 2500 individuals are thought to exist in the
wild.
-The color of the hair is mainly the color of gray ash with yellowish-
brown spots that are distributed as vertical lines on both sides of the
body, giving the appearance of continuous stripes.
-The andean cat habits in areas of not very high or thick vegetation,
as well as in the steppes and rocky areas
-Their extinction was due to the fact that these cats are hunted by
native peoples of the mountains for the trade of the skin